Chapter 1410: Farewell Mu Feixue

Before his eyes stretched a boundless, pale world. Snow and ice covered the sky, glaciers towered, and icy mist permeated the air. Specks of snowflakes drifted down, and every corner of the land was blanketed by what seemed like eternal snow and ice.

The spiritual energy, belonging to the God Realm and especially the Snow Song Realm, surged towards him. Yun Che's pores opened wide, and the Heretic God's power within him rapidly circulated with excitement. All his senses felt reborn, as if freed from a quagmire, becoming exceptionally clear. Indeed, compared to the God Realm, describing the aura of the lower realms as murky as a swamp was no exaggeration.

"The Snow Song Realm..." Yun Che gazed at the boundless paleness, breathing in the cold air, his heart pounding violently. More than four years had passed, and he had finally returned to the Snow Song Realm – the place that marked his beginning in the God Realm, the place that had changed and tied his destiny.

There was no time for sentimentality. Now that he was back in the Snow Song Realm, his priority was to return to his sect immediately and then go to the Frozen Cloud Asgard to see the Ice Phoenix Divine Spirit.

Although Mu Bingyun's Dimension Stone could teleport him directly to the Snow Song Realm, its spatial precision was limited. The first time he came with Mu Bingyun, they had to fly a considerable distance before reaching the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect.

This time was no exception.

However, for the current Yun Che, this wasn't a major issue. He immediately unleashed his divine sense, sweeping it around him. As long as he could faintly sense the direction of the Ice Phoenix Realm's aura, he could fly straight there.

But... five breaths... ten breaths... twenty breaths...

Yun Che opened his eyes, a frustrated expression on his face.

He couldn't find any trace of the Ice Phoenix Realm's aura.

This meant he had been teleported to a rather remote part of the Snow Song Realm, extremely far from the Ice Phoenix Realm where the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect was located... so far that even with his Divine King realm spiritual perception, he couldn't sense it at all.

His Ice Phoenix Engraved Jade had been destroyed long ago in the Star God Realm, making it impossible for him to send a voice transmission to anyone in the sect.

During his years in the Snow Song Realm, Yun Che had rarely left the sect, except for one "diplomatic mission" to the Ice Wind Empire. Consequently, he knew virtually nothing about the Snow Song Realm's geography. Asking him to find his way back based on memory was utterly impossible!

"It seems I'll have to ask for directions."

As the realm king sect of the Snow Song Realm, he figured even a newborn baby could tell him the location of the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect.

There were no signs of living beings around, which didn't surprise Yun Che. Due to its climate, the Snow Song Realm had a very sparse distribution of both humans and profound beasts. He chose a direction at random and flew straight ahead, but then suddenly stopped, his eyes slowly narrowing.

He had seen a blood-red star in the eastern sky.

Sure enough, it was clearly visible even here.

This meant the Eastern Divine Region must also be suffering similar effects.

However, the Eastern Divine Region was much farther from the Easternmost Chaos and had a much higher power level, so the impact it experienced should be far less severe than on the Blue Pole Star. Otherwise, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe no one could stop.

Withdrawing his gaze, Yun Che murmured to himself, "I wonder if the sect has undergone any major changes. They must all think I'm dead. Master will surely be shocked if she sees me."

As he spoke, his hand rapidly rubbed his face. When he lowered his hand, his appearance had changed significantly. It was a completely different face, yet still exuded an extraordinary demeanor, with a naturally wild and carefree look in his eyes.

While profound energy disguise was simple, experts with high profound energy could see through it instantly. However, Yun Che's highly skilled medicinal disguise was incredibly difficult to detect, unless one was a specialist in that field.

He also didn't conceal his aura. Instead, he deliberately released the lightning aura of the Yun Family's Purple Cloud Arts, which no one in the God Realm would recognize. His most proficient fire and ice profound energy were hidden away. With the Heretic God's divine power, which allowed perfect mastery over elemental forces, achieving this was effortless.

Thus, unless someone had a far superior cultivation and was extremely familiar with him, it would be almost impossible to recognize him.

Furthermore, with the premise and implication that "he was already dead," the chances of even an acquaintance recognizing him were minuscule.

His figure began to dart through the snow-covered world, his speed gradually increasing.

Back in the God Realm, the thoughts that had lain dormant during his three years on the Blue Pole Star naturally began to stir. Figure after figure emerged in his mind's eye.

Shen Xi... Huo Poyun... Huo Rulie... the Moon God Emperor... the Dragon Monarch... friends and foes from the Profound God Convention...

Xia Qingyue, who bore special powers like him, whose fate was as tumultuous as his, and who was also born on the Blue Pole Star...

The Star God Emperor and Qianye Ying'er, whom he utterly hated...

Jasmine and Cai Zhi, forever lost...

In this world, he owed many debts of gratitude and harbored countless hatreds and regrets...

However, his current power was still insufficient to repay those kindnesses or avenge those hatreds.

After flying an unknown distance, with countless thoughts and images swirling in his mind, his spiritual perception finally detected human auras.

But immediately, his brow furrowed sharply.

Not only were there human auras, but also clearly a massive number of profound beast auras!

Both the human and profound beast auras were incredibly chaotic... clearly indicating a fierce battle.

Profound beast uprising!?

These four words flashed through Yun Che's mind. His speed abruptly increased as he shot forward.

Soon, a sprawling ice city, hundreds of miles wide, appeared in his sight. To the south of the city, several layers of barriers shimmered with light. In front of these barriers was an almost endless horde of profound beasts.

The dense profound beast horde, like rolling black clouds, surged towards the ice city. They were all frantically attacking the barriers and the profound practitioners blocking their path. Flying snow and shattered ice, stirred up by the powerful attacks, swirled through the air like a blizzard. The roars of the profound beasts and the rumbling of profound energy shook the heavens and earth.

Facing this terrifying beast tide, the profound practitioners fighting desperately seemed incredibly small. They annihilated layers of profound beasts, but the beasts behind them seemed endless, causing them to individually succumb to exhaustion, severe injury, and death.

The outermost barrier began to shake violently under the profound beasts' assault. An increasingly heavy and dim aura of despair enveloped the ice city, which had once known eternal peace amidst the snow and ice.

A profound beast uprising... Although, based on his "experience" on the Blue Pole Star, this seemed to be only the initial stage of the crimson impact, a profound beast uprising in the God Realm was undoubtedly a completely different concept from one in the lower realms!

Yun Che slowed his pace, gradually approaching and observing from a distance. The scene before him gave a clear glimpse into the current state of the Eastern Divine Region.

"Damn it... a breach on the southeast side, quickly go defend it!!"

"No! There's no extra power left... Ugh!!"

"Why haven't reinforcements arrived yet!!"

"We've already sent out calls for help to all surrounding cities and sects... but there are uncontrollable beast tides everywhere, they're all busy protecting themselves, how could they have spare strength to help us here!"

"Seventh Senior Brother... no... Seventh Senior Brother... don't die!! Seventh Senior Brother... Ah!!!"

Bang!!

Amidst shattered profound light scattering everywhere, another defensive barrier collapsed, eliciting widespread roars of near despair.

Only the last two layers of barriers remained.

"Sect Master, it's hopeless! The Ice Mist Sect has also been completely wiped out. Let's escape... As long as the green mountains remain, there will always be firewood..."

"Silence! Our sect's roots are here; even if I die, I'll die in Illusory Smoke City! Cowards who fear death can run away with their tails between their legs! But from now on, never claim to be a disciple of my Nine Star Gate!!"

Every second of this fierce battle between humans and rampaging profound beasts was incredibly tragic. The snowfield, pale for countless years, was already completely soaked with crimson blood. The cold wind carried a pungent, sickening smell of gore.

Even fighting with their lives, all they gained was death and a steadily closing circle of despair. The last remaining barrier was trembling, on the verge of collapse.

When all the barriers shattered and this massive beast tide surged into the ice city... one could only imagine the scene.

Yun Che extended his palm, and profound light energy gathered within it... but immediately, he fully withdrew it.

No... this wasn't the Blue Pole Star, but the God Realm.

*Sigh*... Forget it. He had just promised himself not to meddle and cause more trouble.

Yun Che shook his head, completely abandoning the idea of interfering. Just as he was about to leave, his gaze suddenly shifted to the north.

That was...

The aura of his sect!

There were over a thousand people in total, all with Divine Way cultivation. Most were at the Divine Origin and Divine Soul realms, a few at the Divine Tribulation realm, and the one leading them... was at the Divine Spirit realm. They also seemed to possess Ice Phoenix bloodline, and their aura felt... somewhat familiar?

Yun Che no longer left, concealing his aura and staring towards the north. Soon, the figures he sensed appeared in his line of sight.

Regardless of gender, they were uniformly dressed in white, the Ice Phoenix Snow Garments Yun Che was incredibly familiar with. Different Ice Phoenix Snow Garments indicated different statuses; some were from the Cold Snow Hall, others from the Ice Phoenix Palace, and those few dozen at the Divine Tribulation realm were clearly Divine Hall disciples!

Yun Che's gaze fixed firmly on the leading figure, his eyes momentarily unfocused.

She possessed a beautiful face seemingly sculpted from ice and snow, so stunning it took one's breath away, yet so cold it chilled one's soul. Her eyes, in particular, were devoid of emotion, holding only an all-freezing chill... just like Chu Yuechan when he first met her.

Her appearance, her very presence, was like a proud, solitary pure ice lotus unfolding in this snow-covered world.

"Mu... Fei... Xue..." Yun Che murmured involuntarily.

After several years, she had become even more beautiful and even colder, as if her emotions had been more thoroughly frozen with the advancement of her cultivation. Her cultivation had also broken through the Divine Tribulation realm she was in back then, achieving the Divine Spirit realm.

And the Ice Phoenix Snow Garment she wore... the Ice Phoenix pattern embroidered on it was utterly familiar to him.

Because it was the symbol of the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect Master's direct disciple!

Furthermore, the Ice Phoenix bloodline aura on Mu Feixue, far more potent than before, was also proving something.

The arrival of the Ice Phoenix disciples was like a streak of icy blue light sweeping across the horizon, noticeably changing the color of the entire sky and land. Everyone instinctively looked their way, then erupted in cries of extreme delight.

"It's the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect! It's the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect!!"

"Quickly open the barriers!!"

Amidst the excited roars that threatened to tear throats, the last two protective barriers opened a gap. Mu Feixue, the fastest among them, charged straight ahead. Her ice sword swept up, and an ice lotus bloomed within the profound beast horde, instantly freezing the hundreds of profound beasts at the very front.

The Ice Phoenix disciples followed closely. Under the Ice Phoenix Conferred God Code, within moments, snow and ice sealed the sky over an area spanning dozens of miles, completely obstructing the originally surging profound beast tide.

Although it only lasted a few breaths, it was as smooth as flowing clouds and water. Clearly, this was not their first time handling such a situation.

The profound practitioners of Illusory Smoke City who had been fighting desperately finally got a reprieve. More than half of them fell to their knees, some even breaking into loud sobs as their tension released. With the arrival of the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect's rescue, they knew they were saved, and Illusory Smoke City was saved too.

"F-Feixue Immortal!?" At this moment, the Lord of Illusory Smoke City, who had been at the forefront, cried out, his voice filled with extreme excitement and deep disbelief.

His cry, every word like a thunderclap from beyond the heavens, made everyone present tremble.

"City Lord, what you said... is that true?"

"Feixue Immortal is the Great Realm King's direct disciple. How could she personally grace this barren, remote place?"

"There's no mistake... no mistake!" the Lord of Illusory Smoke City exclaimed excitedly. "When I visited the Divine Sect last year, I was fortunate enough to see her from afar... Such an immortal bearing, such power, there's no mistake... It's truly Feixue Immortal!"

The excited and invigorated emotions spread like a tide among the defending profound practitioners, then rapidly radiated throughout Illusory Smoke City.

The personal arrival of the Great Realm King's direct disciple felt like a dream. In their extreme excitement, even the beast tide that had driven them to despair no longer seemed so terrifying.

Mu Feixue paid no attention to any of this. She charged straight towards the dense profound beast horde in the distance, an Ice Phoenix phantom appearing around her. Where her ice sword pointed, an arc of light, like polar ice-haze, forcefully cut through the endless beast tide...

"As expected," Yun Che murmured softly, a mix of emotions stirring within him.

Indeed, after his "death," Mu Feixue was undoubtedly the most qualified person in the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect to become Mu Xuanyin's direct disciple.

However... Yun Che felt a slight pang of jealousy.

A feeling... as if something that originally belonged only to him had been taken away.